Investigation 4-2: How Important Am I To You?
"Kamukura-san, may I ask why you no longer have your hat?" Hayato questions me as I enter the Hospital once again. I am glad that he is back with his old honorifics. Currently, only he, Hotaru, and Takara stay in the room.
"I just felt like trying a new look."
"Well, I like it! I can finally get a good look at your face. You're prettier without it," Hotaru comments. I cannot help myself from blushing a bit. "Yep. Much prettier."
"Let's get back to the investigation. Is there any more evidence?"
"Somebody's flustered. Well, whatever, I guess this is more important." Hotaru begins to laugh but then becomes serious all the sudden. She turns back to Miyuki's body, continuing her more careful examination of her body.
"There have only been seven bullets revealed so far, Kamukura-san. Have you seen all of them?" Hayato is about to show me his handbook but I shake my head.
"Minato showed them to me."
"Speaking of Ueda-san, where are they?"
"I don't know. They got lost again." I sigh. Even though I do like Minato, their constant habit of getting lost is starting to get old. How was Akita able to deal with this every day, especially considering her personality? They might be injured but we will never know. Now that I think about it...how is Minato getting lost all the time even possible?
"Geez, kids, I gave you something to help with that!" The voice hits me with a sudden wave of panic but I refuse to let it show. That would be giving him exactly what he wants. "That teddy bear has a chain connected to their collar for a reason-"
"Fuck you, Monokuma! We're not walking Minato around like a dog!" I shout out, unable to control myself. I would try to cover my mouth but it is already too late.
"Aya-Izumi-Chan-Chan, I see that you removed your hat. You must've finally snapped out of your emo phase. If we're gonna do that again, its gonna be much shorter time. Your face really is something to behold...but a teacher shouldn't talk about their students in that way!"
"And we shouldn't treat one of our own as a pet." Hotaru then joins in on the conversation. She walks straight up to Monokuma, leaning over him. "Get. Lost."
"Yes." Takara stands up with Hotaru. Monokuma starts to sweat bullets as Hayato and I also join up with the two of them.
"I will stand by Amemori-san. As somebody who has already fallen prey to your game, I will take a stand for it no more!" Hayato exclaims. "You have broken too many rules, even killed an innocent person, Lord Cassius. So I have decided to not take part in this investigation anymore!" Everybody around him gasps, but the steadfast look in Hayato's eyes tells us that he is serious.
"Wh-wh-what?!"
"Nakatani-san gave me an idea when he asked what happens when the Blackened wins. Participating in this game is a choice. And I am simply deciding not to do so. There are no rules against this, right? And you making new ones right now will only show how petty you are." Hayato smirks at Monokuma. His logic makes a lot of sense actually. Even if we decide not to be part of the game, everybody else outside of the Hospital is still investigating.
"I will join Hayato. How does it feel to have your 'protagonist' turn against you?" I look at Hayato directly in my eyes. Sure, I do not fully forgive him yet, but this might be the start of a new alliance. We may not be the best of friends yet not worse of enemies.
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"I think we broke Monokuma," Hotaru notes. She gently pokes at the Monokuma with no response. Then she punched it, only to get the same reaction.
"One...victory." Takara begins to laugh. Not something like most of the laughs of the Killing Game, ones of multiple, mixed emotions, but one out of genuine happiness.
"That's kinda weird when there's a dead, brutalized body right there." Hotaru is even back to her old, mischievous self. Though she does bring up a point. We have already gotten used to Miyuki's body and it hasn't even been a couple of hours. Just how much is this game messing with us psychologically?
"We should probably move the Monokuma somewhere else," I suggest. Everybody agrees with me. Still being careful (or as careful as she can be), Hotaru places the Monokuma outside the door. We would destroy him, but it is not worth the risk of possibly getting executed.
"We should not waste our time, however. This will be a good time to start discussing the finer details of Kawabata-san's case." Hayato brings up a good point. With everything that has been going on, we have sort of ignored Naoko. Naoko deserves more respect than what we have given her.
"So we are moving from one case to another. Perhaps that is what Monokuma wants since the two cases might have something to do with one another-"
"Oh, Aya-Izumi-Chan-Chan~ I'm so not sure about that." Out of the corner of my vision, Junko appears. She goes directly to my face, and I can feel her breath lingering in the air.
"Hm?" Takara does not seem to notice Junko right in front of him.
"Kamukura-san? Why are you so scared?" His question makes me realize how much my body is quenched up. The only one that has any idea about what is going on is Hotaru. Hayato and Takara look past Junko, Hotaru's gaze is directly on her.
"My little firefly, you're still here! I'm so happy you're still alive! You both can be my replacements for Bitch-chan!" Junko then hugs Hotaru, who spits on her face. Hotaru tries to slap Junko yet her hand just phases through her.
"Amemori-san, what is happening?!"
"Hayato, we need to run now!" Hotaru commands. Not looking to see if anybody else is behind her, Hotaru darts out of the Hospital. I try to go after her yet Junko restraints my arm.
"I need somebody to play with! C'mon, play with me!" Junko turns into her childish persona.
"Ayano-"
"Takara, Hayato, leave now!" Seeing that tears are starting to form in my eyes, the two boys follow my directions. I am left alone with two dead women, just only one of them is currently standing.
Taking a deep breath and closing my eyes, I feel the pressure easing from my hand. Junko is not real. She will never be real again. She is only part of my imagination. Hotaru can see her too, though, so perhaps she is part of Kaneshiro's plan?
"C'mon, play with me, Aya! I know what we should do...write a scoop together." Then I feel Junko trying to force open my eyelids. I try to overpower her, but I hate. My eyelids cannot defeat the strength of her cold, unfeeling hands. Hands that have no life to them yet can still bleed.
Junko is still the same as she always has. She must have learned the ability to voice act from somewhere. With her analytical skills, and past as Ryoko Otonashi, the Ultimate Analyst, she can pretty much learn any Ultimate relating to talent. Though, unlike my father, no matter what she did, Junko could not learn things like luck and hope. It is simply impossible for somebody like her.
"You son of a bitch, Kaneshiro."
"I'm not Kaneshiro, Aya. It's my goal to find who he is and kill him. He has been getting in the way of a proper game with proper rules! Do you want to help me?" She starts to caress my check. My eyes glare at her as her red fingernails threaten to dig deep into my skin.
"I'll never help you-"
"Your father was very different-" Right as she was speaking, I spit directly into her mouth. That catches Junko off-guard. Even more evidence that this is only a worthless copy.
Something about how Junko looks sparks an idea in her head. She must be using some kind of computer program to change her appearance, but I still recognize her. Her voice acting lessons can only go so far. That carefree nature is what gives her away. Of course, Monokuma is the headmaster of our very own academy.
"Don't speak about my father that way again!" I scream at her. "Hm, I see what's going on here. There are two masterminds, with two different goals. Right...Ayano Kirigiri?"
"How-"
"When I got past the shock, it was easy to find out. The Committee is doing experiments on us, right? But somebody got in way of your plans. You did not know that Kaneshiro Kazuma disguised himself as one of the students and hid in here until it was too late!" Honestly, it was too easy to find out that Ayano Kirigiri was involved in this game. There must be something going on here that is beyond the simple surface level. Just what? I have to look further to figure out.
"Ayano Kamukura, you're such a smart girl, cousin! It's so cute to see you solve a mystery by yourself for once! I purposefully made it easy for you. Gotta have one easy mystery and this barrage of mindfucks. Can't have your brain exploding." Ayano smiles as her disguise get digitalized away. She is exactly the same as when we last talked during the second trial. Not her outfit or look per say, but that same mischievous grin.
Her purple, long hair is messier than usual, with her usual braid being replaced by a sloppy ponytail. Multiple bags are underneath her once brilliant brown eyes, though over the years they have dulled. With none of her usual makeup on, I can clearly see Ayano's plentiful freckles splattered across her face like an art project. Ayano wears a brown business suit that has seen better days, a coffee stain visible to all of those who can see on her jacket. The woman looks like shit yet there is still a strange presence of beauty about her. Something about her face drags other people into her poisonous web of lies and deceit.
"Kirigiri, why are you doing this?"
"To make that bitch Kotori Hiraoka pay. Kaneshiro Kazuma holds her up on a pedestal, while I just want to see her corpse burn over and over and over again." Her eyes drift onto the floor. "This was never supposed to happen, but, look here we are, fucking killing each other because one girl cannot keep in her boner for despair!"
What is the backstory here? The twist is not that Ayano Kirigiri is involved, I have suspected that from the very beginning, but why. Why did Kirigiri create this game in the first place? And, most of all, why the fuck did she betray all of us for Junko? Unlike Kotori, Kirigiri seems to respect Junko, yet I highly doubt she is involved with the True Despairs. Then again, Kaneshiro is assumed leader of the True Despairs, especially because Akita and Hideyoshi are dead, so does he like Junko? If he does, why is he following Kotori?
My head hurts again.
"Enough with that, Aya, you have a murder to solve. I will tell you this, Aya, Kaneshiro is personally involved in this case. Don't you want revenge?" Just as she is about to leave the room, something clicked inside my mind. It is the only thing that makes sense.
"You're the one who injured Yasu and Atsuto, right?"
"Bravo, bravo, Aya, your investigation skills are improving! I didn't like that Kaneshiro decided to hurt my precious Kira. She's mine and mine alone! I liked Yasu, I really did, but they were the perfect bait. So was Atsuto. Both of them together was just amazing! It was only supposed to be Yasu though, so sorry about that. I know how much you love your precious Atsuto. He was the idiot that decided to meet up with Yasu at the wrong time!"
Something about that response fuels an unquestionable rage inside me. Grabbing the nearest sharp object I can find, a needle, I hurl it at Kirigiri. It does not go as far as it lands between the two of us.
"Hm, did you try to kill me! Because there's already a dead body that you forgot about. Miyuki, I owe you a lot for saving my ass, so I'll make sure that your murder gets solved. We already got all the data we need." I am about to question her about her words when somebody opens the Hospital door. Namita is on the other side with Tsukiko, both of them staring at us.
"What? Ayano Kirigiri?" Namita asks out loud.
"Ayano, what is going on-"
"Tsukiko Oda, we're both Ayano. It's complicated. Just call me Kirigiri. All the other ones are dead," she interrupts. "Since I've been found out, I'm gonna talk with Kira once more. Gotta make sure she doesn't do anything stupid. And don't think for one moment I'm staying in this game longer than I need to." Tsukiko attempts to stop Kirigiri at the door, but Kirigiri easily overpowers her.
"Hey, what was that about? And why are you no longer wearing the hat?" Namita looks better than when I last bumped into her. Perhaps Tsukiko gave her some much-needed encouragement? However, Namita takes no time to run over to Miyuki, and caress her now cold cheek. Small tears in her eyes. "Miyuki, I'm so sorry this had to happen to you."
"I just felt like it."
"I think you look much better without it." Giving me one of her soft smiles, Tsukiko touches my shoulder reassuringly. "Not thinking about Kirigiri...do you want to see the new Truth Bullets?"
Thoughts run through my head. Should I stick with Hotaru, Takara, and Hayato are doing, or should I receive the bullets? Seeing them will not hurt the cause, right? Then I can go back to ignoring what Monokuma wants us to do. I am guessing both Kaneshiro and Kirigiri have control over the Monokumas so trying to analyze their behavior is meaningless without any more conclusive evidence.
"Sure."
Truth Bullet #8: Atsuto's Account
During the night, Atsuto Togami admits that he heard a verbal fight between two people in the cafeteria. He did not want to get involved so he went away shortly afterward.
The person he went with was Kira Iwata since she was having difficulty getting around. She also noticed the fight, though she also did not want to get involved.
Truth Bullet #9: Students Going Haywire
Hotaru Amemori, Hayato Akimoto, and Takara Miyagi have all decided to not take a part in the investigation. Instead, they are investigating the mysterious occurrences around Naoko Kawabata's death.
Truth Bullet #10: Connection to Kaneshiro Kazuma
Something this case is related to one of the masterminds of the game, Kaneshiro Kazuma.
Kira needed help getting back into her room? But I helped her to her room when we finished having our conversation. Did Kira get out of her room sometime during the time between that and the murder and got lost. With Kira and Minato, now we have to worry about two of our classmates were in the wrong place at the wrong time more than the others.
"Excuse me, I am going to see what Hotaru, Takara, and Hayato are up to! Bye-"
"Not so fast, Ayano." Blocking my way, I see that Akemi is the next to make his way into the Hospital. "You want to go with them, don't you? There's no way you're leaving this investigation! Come with me right now!" Akemi yanks onto my ear and pulls me out with him. Tsukiko is about to object but something Namita tells her takes away her attention.
"Atsuto, how can you deal with this son of a bitch?"
"I heard that."
"I know."
What Akemi drags me to is the kitchen. For being a chess player, Akemi surprises me with his physical strength. Somebody like Mitsuru, Miyuki, or Hotaru (even me) can beat him, yet, to the typical thug on the streets, he might pose a challenge. Especially with his keen intellect.
"Kirigiri." Akemi's body tenses up as he sees Kirigiri and Kira having a conversation with each other. Kirigiri's eyes are solely focused on Kira's newfound pair of sunglasses. "Get away from Kira."
"Akemi! Long time, no see! How's life treating ya? Poorly as usual?" she chuckles. The aura of the room suddenly changes as the two of them lock eye contact.
"And you still have your shitty attitude."
"I know who you are, Akemi, so don't try to play it with me. Little Kira already knows and I don't want to ruin the surprise for anybody else. Kay?" Kirigiri then digitized herself, or more likely have somebody else, away from all of us. I am pretty sure that Akemi and Kira now know that this is a computer program. Whether or not they know about the Neo World Program remains to be seen.
"Kira-"
"Shut up, traitor." Without hearing a word, Kira storms away into the cafeteria. She surprisingly does not have any trouble until she gets to the door. Both of us rush to help her yet she opens it up and slams it into our faces.
I may hate Akemi but a part of me feels bad for him. Who knows why Kirigiri views him as a traitor? Kirigiri's thought process is too insane to accurately predict without getting to know her better. And I do not want to do that. I much rather spend the rest of my wife married to Akemi than experience that.
"That bitch!" Akemi, with his eyes watering but refusing to let their captive tears go, punches the door. Blood drips from his hand but he ignores it. "Why must she do this to me!?"
"Akemi-"
"Don't act like you understand, Ayano! Atsuto is the only one who understands!" He rushes out of the room. Is the connection between him and Atsuto somehow related to why Kirigiri does not like the two of them? Considering Atsuto is involved with the Future Foundation, is Akemi another member whose cover has yet to be blown to the rest of us?
"I should just go back to the original plan. Here I come, Hotaru."
Having an idea on where the trio had gone, I find myself venturing back to the old building once again. It gives me the creeps just thinking about how many atrocities have been committed here in such a short time. Not only is this the place where Naoko died and Yasu got paralyzed from the waist down, this is also the home of all of the overly brutal executions. Nobody deserves to die to the executions except for the masterminds.
"Ayano?" I find myself grinning when I find Minato next to me. They have nobody treating them like some sort of animal. Monokuma is wrong to ever think that we would ever do that to one of our friends. Minato has seen better days, yet they are some of the glue that holds our ragtag gang of misfits together. Their hugs can make even the bleakest of situations just a bit brighter.
How dare this game try to steal all of this light from our fucked up world.
"Minato, have you found something?"
"I decided to not investigate too." A beep comes from the handbook. We both decide to ignore it. It is deafening in this silent forest yet the sense of freedom has me feel alive once again. Monokuma cannot decide all of our actions for us.
"Good, me too." I do not care even when they disappear again. Hotaru, Hayato, and Takara are inspiring a spark inside our group. Minato has not given up to Monokuma yet. Not even they spending time in the torture chair has changed that.
There is nothing off about the building itself when I investigate the rooms not connected with Naoko. Though I feel a sudden chill when I pass the room where I got stabbed. If that was Kirigiri as well, I would not be surprised, yet I would think she would admit to that. She seems to be the Monokuma that does not want his protagonist to be touched in any way. You know what, I probably should rephrase that thought.
Being alone in this game is losing its fear factor. Perhaps since Kaneshiro has tried to do everything to me already. The only worse thing he can do is actually kill me, but I feel like he is waiting for that. If he will grant me the 'mercy' of death, then he will make it is as slow and painful as it possibly can.
Once I open the door to what used to be a torture room, I see that Yasu and Atsuto have joined up with the trio. The both of them do not seem to share Akemi's thoughts about this case.
"Kid, its good to see you again." Not focusing on the current dead body has somewhat improved Yasu's current mental state. Plus the fact that Mochi is in their lap. He is nuzzled up against them, sucking in their warmth. Even with all that has happened, Yasu is not a shell of their former self, they are still in there, fighting. They might not realize it but they are.
"Ayano!" Atsuto hugs me. "Hotaru, Hayato, and Takara told me you got hurt? Who did it?" He breaks from me and starts investigating my body. I guess it would be bad if my wound decided to open up once again because I over asserted myself with Kirigiri.
"Kirigiri. Ayano Kirigiri."
"What?!" they all exclaim at once. Not all of them are personally involved with her, yet they should know the name of their headmaster. She does like posting adds of herself all around the cities after all.
"She's gone now."
"How? What? Why? What?" Atsuto can barely even say those simple words. "Please tell me she hasn't interacted with Akemi and Kira."
"She has-"
"Atsuto to the rescue again!" Wasting no time, Atsuto exits the room. He leaves behind a bunch of confused stares. Even Hotaru, the one I presume knows most of what is going on, is dumbfounded.
"Let's just forget about that..."
"Kamukura-san, we personally believe that somebody helped Yamazaki-san commit his crime against Nawabata-san," Hayato tells me. His face tells me that he wants to change the subject as much as everybody else in the room does.
"What makes you say that?"
"Pay attention to the clues that were given to us. First, somebody had to drug Anno-san to bring out Yamazaki-san, correct? That is what Amemori-san told me," he explains. "Anyway, with Yamazaki-san's lack of hands, he would have been unable to do everything against Nawabata-san. A person also had to help Yamazaki-san in handcuffs since he did not have the key with him. The accomplice must have placed the hair tie on the ground to throw us off since Yamazaki-san could not have gotten it off. There is also the fact that Kawabata-san fell into despair...something somebody connected to this all has a talent in."
"Are you saying that Kaneshiro had something to deal with this? And...damn...you figured all of that so quickly..." Guess that is what all these helping hands can do together. With them already knowing who committed the murder, and trusting more in each other, they were able to come to a conclusion more quickly. It is not going to be this way during the trial. Any of the people in this room can be the murderer and everybody else knows that. Having a harder trial is one of the bad sides of taking a stand against Monokuma.
"So basically..." I say, "this is the summary of Naoko's death."
Sometime before Hideyoshi must have met up with Kaneshiro and they have planned this out. Using Takayuki, they would lure Naoko into the torture room, on the assumption that she was talking to Takayuki about what she and Kyoto discovered.
Kaneshiro then came up from behind Takayuki, who arrived early probably due to Hideyoshi bothering him, and drugged him. These drugs made it so that the Takayuki personality could not experience what was happening or else he would have done something about it, no matter the cost. Naoko arrived soon afterward, but her fate was sealed when Hideyoshi came out.
Naoko was not the most physically strong of people, so getting her restrained probably did not take a lot of effort. She gave a fight, at least in her handcuffs evidenced by the scars, yet she could not break free from her attackers. She was handcuffed to the desk where...we can only assume what happened, especially because Kaneshiro was the one who ripped off her clothes since that requires hands and he did the same to Kyoto. Kyoto did tell us his name for a reason.
Now secured onto the desk, Naoko was stabbed multiple times. Kaneshiro probably used a mixture of his talent, the immense pain and stress she was under, and Takayuki's apparent betrayal to drive her into the depths of despair. Considering what else can be implied about this scene, this sadly makes a lot of sense. Did not help that Naoko was still recovering from the shock of the second trial along with the rest of us.
With Naoko deep in the depths of despair, Hideyoshi must have stepped onto the table and balanced himself with Kaneshiro's help. He then sadistically stomped onto Naoko's throat. Hideyoshi must have then left it there, cutting off Naoko's oxygen supply, and watched as Naoko slowly succumbed to a slow, painful death. I never thought I would say this, but hopefully, the despair made her at least be in bliss as she died.
Naoko is now dead so they created a scene. Kaneshiro handcuffed Hideyoshi to the wall to create possibly more confusion along the all of us. He then took Naoko's hair tie and placed it on the floor for a similar effect.
No matter how we view this, Kaneshiro wanted us to find this out. That is why unlike the first case, this one was free to discuss afterward.
"You must love the sound of your own voice, Ayano," Hotaru notes. "Correct! Well, we hope its correct-"
"Correct!" Monokuma shouts. Seeing the teddy bear again makes everybody take a step back except for Hotaru. Hotaru stands her ground as she looks down on our apparent headmaster. "That's what happened! Now continue on Miyuki! She's decomposing and it's almost time for the investigation to be over! So get your asses moving or its gonna be one Hell of a dosy! What does that even mean? That's up for you to decide!" The bear disappears yet again. With the trial on the horizon, one question pops up in my mind once again.
"Guys, what was the motive?" Hotaru beats me to the punch. After all, the two of us were the only ones that did not receive it.
"We all made a promise made by Nakahashi-san to not view it. It was optional for all of us."
"That's right, I didn't care enough to open it. I was sick of everything in this game. Of course, except for you, Mochi! You're the only thing that will never betray me." They smile as Mochi begins to lick their fingers. Like a spoiled kid, Mochi demands more pets afterward, which Yasu willingly gives out.
"Yes," Takara adds-on.
"So the killer viewed it! I highly doubt everybody kept your promise!" Hotaru smirked. She let out an evil laugh that can only mean one thing. "You know what, one of you can give me your handbook and have me see it. Somebody already killed for it, so what's the damage?"
"Hotaru-"
Without waiting for permission, Hotaru snatches Takara's handbook and opens up the new tab for the motive. She goes into the corner. I debate on whether or not to join her, and my curiosity gets the better of me. Nobody else joins the two of us huddling in our corner.
Caution: You are about to open the motive. Do you want to proceed? After this moment, there is no turning back, Takara Miyagi. This status scene will not show up again if you decide to go forward with the decision.
There is a yes and no button underneath the message. Although the others, especially Takara, do not agree with what we are doing, they do not stop us. It is clear which option Hotaru picked.
Motive Loading...100%
Attention, Takara Miyagi, Ultimate Treasure Hunter, it is our pleasure to have you be a part of one of our Killing Games. At first, we had Monokuma keep telling you this is the fifth, but this was a misdirection. Mostly for people who knew the truth. We had to make sure that we did our homework.
There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of games after Junko's. All of them were pale copies. Some of them included the apartment incident and, well, the train that the government covered up. Ask your lovely masterminds about these games for more details.
But we would want to tell you that you are currently in a revamped version of the Neo World Program. Don't know what that is? No problem. It is a computer program. That's all we are willing to tell ignorant people like you.
Underneath this text is a series of photos. This is truly the last chance to stop reading this and not be part of the motive.
We continue onward to see crisp photos of the bodies that I found on the second floor. They are in better condition yet I still feel the vomit trying to escape my mouth. Hotaru makes a gagging sound and has to balance the handbook so she can cover her mouth.
The American Restoration Committee is evil. They're your enemy. Those people make even the True Despairs look like saints. This is not the first time they have used this space for a Killing Game. These poor souls were the victims of the beta test. The Committee did not approve of them being late to their first day of school.
That's right, the rest of your fucking class were the guinea pigs for this new version of the Neo World Program.
Guess what, Takara Miyagi, along the list of the dead is your childhood sweetheart, the Ultimate Soap Opera Star, Misao Arikida. Sweet dreams, and remember the only way to get revenge is to get out of here.
T-the motive was...revenge? This is strangely like the first motive. And, with the body having an uncanny resemblance to Akita Yamazaki, I highly doubt that was a coincidence. Somebody decided revenge was needed more than the lives of everybody else. More than the life of Miyuki Kobyashi.
"T-Takara, promise me you won't see your motive-"
"Guess what, my bastard students! I'm looking at you lazy bums that didn't want to investigate! It's time for the trial. Geez, the amount of Truth Bullet you have is just sad. There's no turning back though! Trial time!"
"Let's quickly look over the new bullets, Ayano." I nod my head to Hotaru's words. Takara waits for us as everybody else takes their leave from the room.
Truth Bullet #11: More Rebellion
Ayano Kamukura, Minato Ueda, Atsuto Togami, and Yasu Matsuhita have joined in on the rebellion. They also, with the previous group, solved the mystery of Naoko Kawabata's murder
Truth Bullet #12: Emotional Distress
Miyuki Kobyashi was observed to be in a state of panic before her death. Even before that, she was irritable. Something was off about her.
Truth Bullet #13: The Motive
The killer is somebody who watched the motive. Have fun with that information, kids.
Sighing, the three of us walk out together to go meet up with everybody in the trial loading room...
Monokuma has already opened up the door to the trial room, so the three of us go our way down the stairs. I go last as I still find it nearly impossible to go down these flights comfortably. This is the curse of being so tall.
As we make it to the bottom, we see that everybody but Tsukiko and Namita has made it to the trial room. Atsuto, Kira, and Akemi must have all moved to someplace closer to get here more quickly. Also, it seems like people helped Yasu down the stairs considering that they are still in their wheelchair. Mochi has been placed back into their toolbox.
It takes a couple of minutes for Tsukiko and Namita to make their entrance. Namita glares at all of us.
"Why?"
You know what, perhaps not filling her in on the plan of not investigating her girlfriend's death was a bad idea.
Yep. Only thirteen bullets. Please, somebody, save these children from me.
The poll for the killer will be posted tomorrow. It is literally 1 AM. And I just now realized that. Oh shit. Well. I'm gonna sleep in tomorrow. XD Now that I'm done with this chapter, the sleepiness has hit me like a freight train. And this is why you pay attention to the time while you write, kids.
More peeps are trying to get this NicoB senpai to notice this story so thank you all. Especially you ThePLOTHand and RioA. I love you both for doing this. But, seriously, if he actually reads this, I think I'll actually faint. He was one of the reasons why I got so into voice acting so, um, if by any chance NicoB is reading this in the future, thank you. :)
Reviews~
AnonChan1-The Mom Duo being like...what the fuck, guys? Atsuto deserves all the love in the world. As per series tradition, shipping ends with death and suffering. Well, Atsuto is the Ultimate Unlucky Student for a reason. These kids do not realize how little people they have left. Here's Hayato trying more to make everybody like him. We believe in you, Hayato. Namita is...not in the best emotional state right now. Ayano is my baby and I will make her suffer and go through character development. Because that's what happens to my babies. Akita would have developed into less of...Akita. And you bet your ass we would have more MinatoxAkita moments. HERE'S MORE REASON TO HATE THE COMMITTEE! [REDACTED]
tobi-is-an-artist-too-Everything gets [REDACTED]. Yep, this trial is gonna hurt to write...which is why I look forward to writing it and seeing your reactions. Caution: do not read this trial before work again, or your boss will hate these fictional characters even more. Akemi is like...how am I still alive? Um, well, do what you can with only thirteen bullets of evidence. These dumb kids...I love them.
TheRoseShadow21-*huggles Minato with you* Thank you so much. I worked so hard on making a convincing character arc for Ayano. Thank you again! Well, here's some more FoD! With even more of the feel trains hitting you!
ThePLOTHand-It only gets worse from here. The only one with the true aim is the person without hands. Oh my God...now I cannot stop envisioning Minato without that voice. XD
